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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
week
week [week weeks] BrE [wiːk] NAmE [wiːk] noun 1. a period of seven days, either from Monday to Sunday or from Sunday to Saturday •last/this/next week • It rained all week. • What day of the week is it? •He comes to see us once a week. 2. any period of seven days •a two-week vacation • The course lasts five weeks. •a week ago today (= seven days ago) • I will be away for a couple of weeks. •She'll be back in a week. 3. the five days other than Saturday and Sunday • They live in town during the week and go to the country for the weekend. • (BrE) I never have the time to go out in the week. 4. the part of the week when you go to work •a 35-hour week • The firm is introducing a shorter working week. more at the other day/morning/evening/week at ↑other adj. Idioms: today/tomorrow/Monday week ▪ ↑week after week ▪ ↑week by week ▪ ↑week in, week out ▪ ↑week on Monday ▪ ↑week tomorrow ▪ week yesterday/last Monday See also: ↑week from Monday ▪ ↑week today Word Origin: Old English wice, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch week and German Woche, from a base probably meaning ‘sequence, series’. Example Bank: •How much do you earn per week? •I go out most weekends, but rarely during the week. •I haven't seen him for weeks. •I'll have the report finished within the next couple of weeks. •In just a few short weeks we'll be going home. •It hasn't rained in weeks. •It's been a long week and I'm very tired. •It's been a very quiet week for me. •It's over a week since she called me. •It's the first time I've done a full week's work since the accident. •She works three days a week. •The strike has entered its second week. •The week passed very slowly. •They won 1–0 for the fourth consecutive week. •They're paid by the week. •This is a short week because of the public holiday. •We spent two weeks in France last summer. •We'll be back in a week. •Which day of the week was it? •a reduction in the working week/workweek
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